Saturday, October 10, 2015

2 Years...

It was a long, long time ago, on the night of Saturday, August 24th, 2013. It was my fourth day of university, and that night they had numerous activities set up around campus to welcome all the incoming freshmen/women. One of the activities was customizing a design for a transparent cup (the design was on paper and would be visible through the outer wall of the cup). Here, you see my customized design. It's supposed to be a silhouette of Django (from Django Unchained) riding atop his horse with a Ray Gun (from Call of Duty zombies). Meanwhile, the words of Leonard Nimoy (Spock from Star Trek) echo in the background...More than two years later, a lot has changed. Nimoy is now dead, along with Paul Walker, John Nash, Nelson Mandela, Robin Williams, Wes Craven, Brian Rickard (Yoteslaya on YouTube), and probably a lot of other people that I am forgetting to mention. ISIS became the new big threat in the Middle East. NASA found water on Mars. The Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in the US. Islamic extremists gunned down twelve heroic cartoonists in the streets of Paris in broad daylight. Numerous African American deaths at the hands of law enforcement gained notoriety in the media. Crimea became Russian territory. A refugee crisis arrived on European shores. Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Syria. The list goes on...It's amazing how quickly two years can go by and how much can happen during that time. I myself have changed drastically along with the rest of the world. As I get older and wiser and have to start thinking about post-university life, I will hopefully revamp the above design to create something epic... Hopefully with giant robots and dinosaurs... with lasers! Stay tuned... (ETA: Early 2016?)